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	    new function(settings) {
	        // Various Settings
	        var $separator = settings.separator || "&";
	        var $spaces = settings.spaces === false ? false : true;
	        var $suffix = settings.suffix === false ? "" : "[]";
	        var $prefix = settings.prefix === false ? false : true;
	        var $hash = $prefix ? settings.hash === true ? "#" : "?" : "";
	        var $numbers = settings.numbers === false ? false : true;

	        jQuery.query = new function() {
	            var is = function(o, t) {
	                return o != undefined && o !== null && (!!t ? o.constructor == t : true);
	            };
	            var parse = function(path) {
	                var m, rx = /\[([^[]*)\]/g, match = /^([^[]+)(\[.*\])?$/.exec(path), base = match[1], tokens = [];
	                while (m = rx.exec(match[2])) tokens.push(m[1]);
	                return [base, tokens];
	            };
	            var set = function(target, tokens, value) {
	                var o, token = tokens.shift();
	                if (typeof target != "object") target = null;
	                if (token === "") {
	                    if (!target) target = [];
	                    if (is(target, Array)) {
	                        target.push(tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(null, tokens.slice(0), value));
	                    } else if (is(target, Object)) {
	                        var i = 0;
	                        while (target[i++] != null);
	                        target[--i] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[i], tokens.slice(0), value);
	                    } else {
	                        target = [];
	                        target.push(tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(null, tokens.slice(0), value));
	                    }
	                } else if (token && token.match(/^\s*[0-9]+\s*$/)) {
	                    var index = parseInt(token, 10);
	                    if (!target) target = [];
	                    target[index] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[index], tokens.slice(0), value);
	                } else if (token) {
	                    var index = token.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, "");
	                    if (!target) target = {};
	                    if (is(target, Array)) {
	                        var temp = {};
	                        for (var i = 0; i < target.length; ++i) {
	                            temp[i] = target[i];
	                        }
	                        target = temp;
	                    }
	                    target[index] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[index], tokens.slice(0), value);
	                } else {
	                    return value;
	                }
	                return target;
	            };

	            var queryObject = function(a) {
	                var self = this;
	                self.keys = {};

	                if (a.queryObject) {
	                    jQuery.each(a.get(), function(key, val) {
	                        self.SET(key, val);
	                    });
	                } else {
	                    jQuery.each(arguments, function() {
	                        var q = "" + this;
	                        q = q.replace(/^[?#]/, ""); // remove any leading ? || #
	                        q = q.replace(/[;&]$/, ""); // remove any trailing & || ;
	                        if ($spaces) q = q.replace(/[+]/g, " "); // replace +"s with spaces

	                        jQuery.each(q.split(/[&;]/), function() {
	                            var key = decodeURIComponent(this.split("=")[0] || "");
	                            var val = decodeURIComponent(this.split("=")[1] || "");

	                            if (!key) return;

	                            if ($numbers) {
	                                if (/^[+-]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]*$/.test(val)) // simple float regex
	                                    val = parseFloat(val);
	                                else if (/^[+-]?[0-9]+$/.test(val)) // simple int regex
	                                    val = parseInt(val, 10);
	                            }

	                            val = (!val && val !== 0) ? true : val;

	                            if (val !== false && val !== true && typeof val != "number")
	                                val = val;

	                            self.SET(key, val);
	                        });
	                    });
	                }
	                return self;
	            };

	            queryObject.prototype = {
	                queryObject: true,
	                has: function(key, type) {
	                    var value = this.get(key);
	                    return is(value, type);
	                },
	                GET: function(key) {
	                    if (!is(key)) return this.keys;
	                    var parsed = parse(key), base = parsed[0], tokens = parsed[1];
	                    var target = this.keys[base];
	                    while (target != null && tokens.length != 0) {
	                        target = target[tokens.shift()];
	                    }
	                    return typeof target == "number" ? target : target || "";
	                },
	                get: function(key) {
	                    var target = this.GET(key);
	                    if (is(target, Object))
	                        return jQuery.extend(true, {}, target);
	                    else if (is(target, Array))
	                        return target.slice(0);
	                    return target;
	                },
	                SET: function(key, val) {
	                    var value = !is(val) ? null : val;
	                    var parsed = parse(key), base = parsed[0], tokens = parsed[1];
	                    var target = this.keys[base];
	                    this.keys[base] = set(target, tokens.slice(0), value);
	                    return this;
	                },
	                set: function(key, val) {
	                    return this.copy().SET(key, val);
	                },
	                REMOVE: function(key) {
	                    return this.SET(key, null).COMPACT();
	                },
	                remove: function(key) {
	                    return this.copy().REMOVE(key);
	                },
	                EMPTY: function() {
	                    var self = this;
	                    jQuery.each(self.keys, function(key, value) {
	                        delete self.keys[key];
	                    });
	                    return self;
	                },
	                load: function(url) {
	                    var hash = url.replace(/^.*?[#](.+?)(?:\?.+)?$/, "$1");
	                    var search = url.replace(/^.*?[?](.+?)(?:#.+)?$/, "$1");
	                    return new queryObject(url.length == search.length ? "" : search, url.length == hash.length ? "" : hash);
	                },
	                empty: function() {
	                    return this.copy().EMPTY();
	                },
	                copy: function() {
	                    return new queryObject(this);
	                },
	                COMPACT: function() {
	                    function build(orig) {
	                        var obj = typeof orig == "object" ? is(orig, Array) ? [] : {} : orig;
	                        if (typeof orig == "object") {
	                            function add(o, key, value) {
	                                if (is(o, Array))
	                                    o.push(value);
	                                else
	                                    o[key] = value;
	                            }
	                            jQuery.each(orig, function(key, value) {
	                                if (!is(value)) return true;
	                                add(obj, key, build(value));
	                            });
	                        }
	                        return obj;
	                    }
	                    this.keys = build(this.keys);
	                    return this;
	                },
	                compact: function() {
	                    return this.copy().COMPACT();
	                },
	                toString: function() {
	                    var i = 0, queryString = [], chunks = [], self = this;
	                    var encode = function(str) {
	                        str = str + "";
	                        if ($spaces) str = str.replace(/ /g, "+");
	                        return encodeURIComponent(str);
	                    };
	                    var addFields = function(arr, key, value) {
	                        if (!is(value) || value === false) return;
	                        var o = [encode(key)];
	                        if (value !== true) {
	                            o.push("=");
	                            o.push(encode(value));
	                        }
	                        arr.push(o.join(""));
	                    };
	                    var build = function(obj, base) {
	                        var newKey = function(key) {
	                            return !base || base == "" ? [key].join("") : [base, "[", key, "]"].join("");
	                        };
	                        jQuery.each(obj, function(key, value) {
	                            if (typeof value == "object")
	                                build(value, newKey(key));
	                            else
	                                addFields(chunks, newKey(key), value);
	                        });
	                    };

	                    build(this.keys);

	                    if (chunks.length > 0) queryString.push($hash);
	                    queryString.push(chunks.join($separator));

	                    return queryString.join("");
	                }
	            };

	            return new queryObject(location.search, location.hash);
	        };
	    } (jQuery.query || {}); // Pass in jQuery.query as settings object
